Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, provides an insider’s guide to Windows PowerShell arrays. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is a quiet weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. I am about to get back...

Summary : Take your Windows PowerShell scripting to the next level by combining hash tables and arrays. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I are anxiously counting down the days until the first ever Pittsburgh PowerShell...

Summary : Learn how to work with hash tables that contain other hash tables in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it is a typical winter day here in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. I am not talking about...

Summary : Learn about creating an array of arrays in Windows PowerShell, and see how to store numerical data and rich objects in elements. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States, it was...

Summary : Learn two ways to read a CSV file with Windows PowerShell and build distinguished names on the fly. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am working on my first big project with Windows PowerShell, and I have been unable to locate a good answer on the Internet...

Summary : In this blog post, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about finding the index number of a value in a Windows PowerShell array. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, the Scripting Wife and I were invited to speak...

Summary : Learn how to add, modify, or verify values in a Windows PowerShell array, and discover two easy techniques for sorting your array. Hey, Scripting Guy! I get that arrays are really simple in Windows PowerShell, but it seems that they are so simple...

Summary : Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, teaches you how to handle arrays in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! One of the things I do not understand is arrays. I mean, I really do not get it at all. In VBScript, it seemed like I always tripped...

Summary: Learn how to automatically populate a hash table in a Windows PowerShell script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. A hash table is an important data structure in Windows PowerShell. Many of the cmdlets use hash tables to format their input...

Summary: Learn how to create a Windows PowerShell hash table from a text file. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Our Canadian trek continues. We got to meet with Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney and his wife Rose, and we spent the day roaming around Toronto...

Summary: Learn how to use hash tables and create a Windows PowerShell quiz script. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. For the past several days, I have been building a Windows PowerShell cmdlet name quiz. On the first day, I looked at replacing random...

Summary: Learn Windows PowerShell cmdlet names by taking the Dr. Scripto Challenge. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are on a road trip in Canada. We had a wonderful time in Toronto with Windows PowerShell MVP Sean Kearney...